People close to the matter told MEDIAFAX that the EC’s report will commend Romania for the activity of the Integrity Agency (ANI) and Anticorruption Department (DNA), but will criticize the management of the case of ECHR judge Corneliu Barsan.
Barsan’s wife, Gabriela Barsan, a judge, has been charged with corruption, but may or may not have immunity as the wife of an ECHR judge. DNA has sent a request that Corneliu Barsan’s immunity be lifted, via the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The European Commission’s report under the Cooperation and Verification Mechanism (CVM) for Romania will be adopted Wednesday, EC spokesman Mark Gray told MEDIAFAX. According to Gray, the report will be a technical one and will include no political evaluation.
The European Commission has been monitoring Bulgaria and Romania’s progress in the justice sector since their EU accession in 2007. The Commission publishes two CVM reports yearly: an interim technical report in February and a final report in July, which also includes a political evaluation.